| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 399001000 | COMBINED WITH DIVERSE SUBJECT MATTER | 9 |
| 20090324258 | Electronic device - A flat surface is arranged, adjacent to an operating surface of an image forming apparatus, at a lower position than the operating surface. A small-object placing member for placing clips is arranged on the flat surface. The small-object placing member includes a slanting surface that recedes towards an inner side from a side of an operator who operates the operating surface. | 12-31-2009 |
| 399002000 | With diverse image formation | 8 |
| 20080240740 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - An image processing apparatus is provided that performs image processing based on data received over a prescribed network and includes a number generator generating a number according to a prescribed rule, an apparatus identifier generator using the number generated by the number generator to generate an apparatus identifier distinguishing the image processing apparatus, a communication controller transmitting the apparatus identifier generated by the apparatus identifier generator and receiving address information of a prescribed communication protocol together with the apparatus identifier via the network, and a communication configuration memory storing the address information received by the communication controller, wherein the communication controller uses the address information stored in the communication configuration memory to communicate data with another apparatus on the network. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20100061739 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM - An image forming system includes a first developing unit to form an image using a dry developer and a second developing unit to form an image using a wet developer. The first developing unit forms an image using yellow, magenta, cyan and black developers, and the second developing unit forms an image using a developer having lighter colors than the yellow, magenta, cyan and black developers. Therefore, light colors requiring high resolution and high definition may be printed using a wet type image forming module capable of easily expressing the light colors, and original and dark colors may be printed using a dry image forming module. Hence, it is possible to print a color image having high resolution and high definition, and enhance the color reproducibility of the image. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100232812 | IMAGE FORMING DEVICE - An image forming device, which is linkable to an optional unit, includes: a connector providing an electrical connection with the optional unit; a connector cover opening and closing a connecting surface of the connector; and a cover opening-and-closing mechanism opening the connecting surface of the connector by moving the connector cover in accordance with a linking operation linking the optional unit. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100272449 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN - There is provided an image forming apparatus including: an image data acquiring unit that acquires image data of an image formed on a sheet; an identification information acquiring unit that acquires identification information that identifies the sheet on which the image is formed; an image forming unit that forms an image based on the image data acquired by the image data acquiring unit on the sheet with a decolorable colorant which becomes colorless by a predetermined chemical reaction and that forms an identification information image based on the identification information on the sheet with a non-decolorable colorant which does not become colorless by the chemical reaction by which the decolorable colorant becomes colorless; and a storage control unit that stores the identification information and the image data of the image to be formed on the sheet, on which the identification information image corresponding to the identification information is formed, in a predetermined storage region in a correlated manner. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110243577 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTING MECHANISM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND OPTIONAL DEVICE - An electrical connecting mechanism includes: a first connector disposed at an apparatus main body; a second connector disposed at an optional device, a power feed switch disposed at one among the apparatus main body and the optional device and capable of switching between a connected state and an unconnected state; and an operation element that is disposed in the other one among the apparatus main body and the optional device, and causes a state in which power can be supplied from the apparatus main body to the optional device to be entered by changing the power feed switch to the connected state, when the first connector and the second connector are coupled. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20160378037 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Provided is an image forming apparatus that includes a conveying section, an image forming section, a medium sensor, a mark printing section, and a controller. The conveying section is configured to convey a medium in a medium conveying direction. The image forming section is configured to form an image on the medium conveyed by the conveying section. The medium sensor is configured to perform detection of the medium conveyed by the conveying section. The mark printing section is configured to perform printing of a mark on the medium conveyed by the conveying section. The controller is configured to cause, based on a result of the detection by the medium sensor, the mark printing section to perform the printing of the mark on the medium, from a timing at which image formation on the medium by the image forming section is completed. | 12-29-2016 |
| 399003000 | Electrostatic | 2 |
| 399004000 | Light (e.g., laser, LED, LCD) | 2 |
| 20080304835 | Digital photo album with photo printer - A digital photo album with a photo printer comprises a printing apparatus and a digital photo album. The printing apparatus includes a printer housing, a driving mechanism, a paper tray, and a printing unit. The driving mechanism, the paper tray, and the printing unit are installed in the printer housing. The digital photo album includes a frame and a display. The display is installed on the frame and combined with the printer housing of the printing apparatus. Thereby, the digital photo album with a photo printer can both display and print photos so that they can be viewed and printed according to the wishes of the user. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090080907 | OPTICAL PATH SWITCHING DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A disclosed optical path switching device includes a polarization bistable VCSEL that emits a beam having a rising polarization plane, a laser light source configured to emit a beam having a polarization plane orthogonal to the rising polarization plane, and an optical path switching unit configured to switch an optical path of the beam emitted from the polarization bistable VCSEL by switching the angle of the rising polarization plane of the beam emitted from the polarization bistable VCSEL. The beam emitted from the polarization bistable VCSEL is incident on an entrance window of the optical path switching unit, and the beam emitted from the laser light source is incident on an exit window of the polarization bistable VCSEL. | 03-26-2009 |
